MASKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does masking mean? 

• MASKING (noun)
  The noun MASKING has 3 senses:

1. the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

2. the blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation

3. scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen

  Familiarity information: MASKING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cover; covering; masking; screening

Context example:

the cover concealed their guns from enemy aircraft

Hypernyms ("masking" is a kind of...):

concealing; concealment; hiding (the activity of keeping something secret)

Derivation:

mask (hide under a false appearance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The blocking of one sensation resulting from the presence of another sensation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

he studied auditory masking by pure tones

Hypernyms ("masking" is a kind of...):

aesthesis; esthesis; sensation; sense datum; sense experience; sense impression (an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Scenery used to block the audience's view of parts of the stage that should not be seen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

masking; masking piece

Hypernyms ("masking" is a kind of...):

scene; scenery (the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale)

 Context examples 

In vitro, it has been shown that monoclonal antibody-mediated masking of 4Ig-B7-H3 on neuroblastoma cells resulted in the enhancement of natural killer (NK)-mediated lysis of target cells.

(Iodine I 131 Monoclonal Antibody 8H9, NCI Thesaurus)

A coded value specifying the type of masking used on a study protocol to ensure that the results are not biased by the subjects or investigators.

(Interventional Study Protocol Version Blinding Schema Code, NCI Thesaurus)